Wednesday, January 21, 2026

19 Jan 44 5th Army Sleeping Soldiers

19 Jan 44


 Photos show Lieutenant Olaf Branns, of Hill House, Watlington, Oxon and Lance Corporal A. Durrent, of Bethnal Green, London with The Fifth Army at Lauro, snatching a few moments of sleep in a hay barn during a lull in the fighting in the Garigliano River Valley, Italy.

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